Job Description:
Varsity Head Baseball Coach –
This position can be a part-time, stipend only position, or
combined with another full-time position within the school
Regents School of Austin’s Department of Athletics has a passion and
mission to use sports to redeem the hearts of athletes, parents,
coaches and others to Christ. We want to compete in a way that honors
the Lord and points others toward Him, and will focus heavily on the
process of competing well. While shaping and developing character, we
will work to maximize the talents, skills, and abilities that God gave
each athlete for the benefit of the team.
Position Summary
Coaches are one of the most significant components to the athletic
program and therefore must be Christian role models who are committed
to fulfilling the mission of the school, desire to disciple our
student-athletes, serve their families, and who are knowledgeable in
their sport.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Culture
- Provide a long-term plan for program advancement in your sport;
responsible for implementing the plan vertically for all teams for
grades 7 to 12; plan should include off-season and summer
development goals and opportunities
- Routinely meet with coaches, student-athletes, and parents to
ensure awareness and understanding of the athletic department’s
vision to redeem sports for Christ
- Lead conflict resolution between parents, coaches, and
student-athletes on your team
- Meet with prospective families whose children have an interest in
your sport
Instruction
- Be a “Master Teacher” utilizing multiple teaching techniques to
reach students who have varying learning styles; ensure assistant
coaches are teaching with the same approach
- Have written tryout and practice plans. A progression of skill
development and conditioning improvement should be apparent from
practice plans
- Instruct properly; practices must be characterized by instruction
that accounts for a logical sequence of fundamentals that consider
the developmental level of the athlete and that lead to an enhanced
progression of player knowledge, skill, and capability; instruction
should move from simple to complex, known to unknown; instruction
should demonstrate appropriate and safe techniques and must include
warnings about unsafe techniques and prohibited practices
- Condition properly; practices must account for a progression of
cardiovascular and muscular-skeletal conditioning regimens that
prepare athletes sequentially for more challenging practices and
competitive activities; weather conditions should also be considered
Oversight
- Provide supervision; must be physically present and provide
supervision over a structured practice that is appropriate for the
age and maturity level of players; coaches are also expected to
supervise the condition, safe usage, maintenance and upkeep of
equipment and facilities
- Assess athletes readiness for practice and competition; coaches
must be able to evaluate a student-athletes physical or maturational
ability to compete and if there is any doubt the athlete should not
compete until cleared by a medical physician (our school’s Athletic
Trainer will not allow an injured or sick athlete to participate
without medical clearance from the athlete’s physician)
- Maintain safe playing conditions; possess a higher level of
knowledge and skill that permits them to identify foreseeable causes
of injury specific to a sport and inherent in defective equipment or
hazardous environments; weather conditions are also a consideration here
- Provide proper equipment; ensure that all players are properly
equipped with equipment that is appropriate for the age and maturity
of the athletes and that is clean, durable and safe; fitting
equipment should be carried out in accordance with manufacturer’s
specifications; athletes must wear protective equipment that is
appropriate for the type and level of practice/playing activity
- Be a good steward of all equipment, storage areas, locker rooms,
weight rooms, fields, and gyms; keep facilities and equipment neat
and clean
Administrative
- Maintain TAPPS certification
- Have high level knowledge of all TAPPS and NCAA/NFHS rules as they
pertain to your sport
- Attend non-routine events such as district meetings, athletic
banquets, clinics, etc.
- Meet weekly meeting with Director of Athletics
- Provide emergency care; all coaches are required to be
CPR-First-Aid-AED certified; coaches are expected to know how to
engage professional emergency personnel (911) if needed; coaches
should know where automated external defibrillators (AED’s) are
located on campus
- Execute assigned summer camps
Skills
Ideal candidate will possess the following skills:
- Willingness to listen and to help build consensus; ability to
build trust and rapport
- High self-awareness; acts in a manner that will reflect positively
on the organization
- Proven organizational and time management skills; detail-oriented;
self-motivated; ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously
- Process driven
- Demonstrated excellent oral and written communications skills
- Technology savvy; proficient in the use of Google applications,
Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to adapt to varying social environments that include
parents, coaches, student-athletes, administrators, opposing coaches
and school administrators
Regents School of Austin is a unique K-12 school that educates 1,000
students on an 82-acre campus in southwest Austin. Our mission is to
provide a classical, Christian education, founded upon and informed by
a Christian worldview, that equips students to know, love, and
practice that which is true, good and beautiful, and challenges them
to strive for excellence as they live purposefully and intelligently
in the service of God and man. Regents School of Austin is well
recognized by peers for outstanding accomplishments in teaching,
curriculum, students' achievement, parental involvement, and community support.
Regents Athletics helps to fulfill the mission of the school by
teaching the Christian way of competing and the Christian way of life
as expressed through our three core values in athletics - character,
commitment, and community. The Regents Athletic Department
acknowledges the following order of priorities in our school: 1) God,
2) family, 3) academics, and 4) athletics. When this order is
followed, it gives student-athletes the opportunity to be balanced
spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
